Leggings

Leggings

Leggings

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Introduction

Black wool leggings, bottom & top edges finished with red wool, pinked red wool cover side seams, leather thong & a horizontal pinked strip appliqued

Nation of Maker: Nehiyawak (Western Plains Cree)
Nation of Origin

Artefact catalogue record mentions "Plains Cree"and Nehiyawak as Nation of Origin. Catalogue last updated: 02/21/2013.

Place of Origin: Day Star First Nation
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Summary of Artefact catalogue record, last updated: 02/21/2013.

Materials

Cloth, black and red wool, Leather

Techniques or Format

Hand sewn leggins made of black wool with red wool as top and bottom edging, Bottom edge and side seam stripe of red wool is pinked, A strip of pinked leather runs horizontally around the leggings, Leather thongs are attached near the bottom of each legging.

Original and Subsequent Uses

personal accessory - bottom leg cover

Other Notes

Leather thongs were probably used to tie legging to leg.

Dimensions: 31.5 × 18.5 × 0 cm
Condition: Good
Current Location: Manitoba Museum, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: H4-42-290
Link to Institution's Collections Database: https://manitobamuseum.ca/main/collections-research/collections-database/
Collection at Current Location: Cultural Anthropology Collection
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 04/20/1970
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Purchase
Collection Narratives and Histories

Purchased from John Buffalo of Punnichy, Saskatchewan.

GKS Reference Number: 24980
How to Cite this Item

Manitoba Museum

Record Creation Context

Summer internship at The Manitoba Museum, 2013.

Record Creation Notes/Observations

Photos taken by Dr Cory Willmott.

Approximate Place of Origin

51.5068, -104.22099

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